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Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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Other StuffMars Rovers Mark 5 Years
 Spirit and Opportunity have been trekking the red planet for half a decade. Spirit hit the 5-year mark on Sunday; Opportunity will on Jan. 24. |
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Physicist To Explain Extra Dimensions Of Space - January 02, 2008
WILLIAMSTOWN - Harvard physicist Lisa Randall will deliver the annual Richmond Lecture at Williams College on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Her lecture "Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions" will be presented in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The lecture is sponsored by the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The lecture will provide listeners with a new understanding of the universe - what it is, how it developed, and where it is headed.
Her research concerns elementary particles and fundamental forces, and has involved the study of a wide variety of models, the most recent involving extra dimensions of space. This work in theoretical high energy physics is changing the way that scientists think about and research the universe.
Before joining the Harvard faculty, where she is the first tenured female theoretical physicist, she was the first tenured woman in the Princeton University physics department and the first tenured female theoretical physicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Her lecture is taken from her book by the same name that was included in The New York Times' 100 notable books of 2005. She is working on a new book that will explore theoretical physics for a general audience.
Randall is the winner of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. In 2007, she was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Scientists and Thinkers. In 2008, she will receive the Klopsted Award from the American Society of Physics Teachers. |
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